What Do You Plan to Include in App Backup for PC?

Evaluate the need for backup app components listed above. Add the regular necessity to save a registry data for an app (yes, Handy Backup does it automatically through the "Registry" plug-in!). Consider that the installer can locate some DLLs somewhere outside the “Program Files” subfolder.

An advice: If you still have a need to backup application fully, maybe backing up a drive image for a system recovery (instead of backup a particular app) can fulfill your needs on the best way.

Data App Backup and Restore for PC

By most cases, this is a convenient way every time you want a quick backup and a granular recovery! Save just app data, not its full structure, and you will save many time, space and efforts. You can do it with a simple "Computer" plug-in, using the instruction below.

Open Handy Backup and create a new backup task.

Click the "File filters..." button. In the dialog window, add the files linked to an app to backup.

Select the "Computer" plug-in on the "Local and network data" section on the Step 2.

You will see the list of data you want. Add these files and folders you feel appropriate.

Recommended Solution

The Professional edition has many storage plug-ins for application backup for PC, as well as plug-ins allowing backing up an entire disk with all its apps and settings!

Granular App Backup for PC

If you have a strong need for backing up app structures with all data, settings and executables, you must know these structures including location of each part for application backup. The process itself is still quite simple; backup these locations using the “Computer” and maybe a “Registry” plug-ins.

App Backup and Restore for PC by Handy Backup

You can always make a new restoration task based on the particular application backup set, much like the way you create backup tasks. Another method is to make a granular restore by just copying backup application from its storage to a destination you need, using any file manager!

Where to Store Your App Backup?

Handy Backup supports a plenty of storage types. For example, you can save a copy to the same local drive, or to external drive, or make your app backup to Dropbox to maximize its accessibility. The list of storage plug-ins depends from the edition of Handy Backup, but still is long enough!

Other Advantages of Handy Backup as Application Backup Software for PC

In addition to methods and techniques described above, Handy Backup contains some other functions and settings for making effective apps backup. The short list of these functions includes: